Californians

9/24/1957 – 9/10/1959 NBC 30 minutes
Black and White – 69 episodes

Sept. 1957-March 1959
NBC Tuesday 10:00-10:30

April 1959-June 1959
NBC Tuesday 9:00-9:30

July 1959-Aug. 1959
NBC Thursday 7:30-8:00

Californians Cast

Adam Kennedy as Dion Patrick (1957-1958)
Sean McClory as Jack McGivern (1957-58)
Nan Leslie as Martha McGivern (1957-1958)
Herbert Rudley as Sam Brennan (1957-1958)
Richard Coogan as Matthew Wayne
Howard Caine as Schaab (1957-1958)
Carole Mathews as Wilma Fansler (1958-1959)
Art Fleming as Jeremy Pitt (1958-1959)

Californians Theme Song

“(I’ve Come To) California” by Harry Warren and Harold Adamson

Californians Tidbits

This show had a complete upheaval in casting. Originally, Adam Kennedy played an Irish imigrant who headed West looking for gold but ended up in San Francisco as a vigilante. As did Sean McClory, who played a general store owner. But by mid-season the sponsors got nervous about the vigilante angle, so Kennedy was out and Coogan was in as a saloon owner and the town marshal. McClory made it thru the year but no further.

And yes, that Art Fleming you see listed would go on to host Jeopardy.